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St Clair Creek Rd over St Clair Creek

Smyth County, Virginia · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

St Clair Creek Rd over St Clair Creek in Smyth County, Virginia, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1932 and reconstructed in 1993, making it 93 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 973 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 151 of the 189 inventoried bridges in Smyth County rated fair (79.9%); 7 (3.7%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 24 ft
Location	0.47 to 600N 0.64 to 605N
NBI structure number	000000000017509
Condition class	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Virginia department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
N&sbl Route 0081 over Laurel Spring Branch	1963	33,381	Fair
Interstate 81 over Nbl&sbl over Stream	1963	31,442	Fair
I-81 Nbl & Sbl over Rte 11 Nsrr Mfh River	2021	31,084	Good
Interstate 81 over Staley Creek	1962	30,390	Fair
Interstate 81 over N&sbl O Hutton Branch	1963	29,356	Fair
Route 81 over Nbl&sbl over Stream	1964	27,803	Fair